“So it was surprising to read an entire chapter about this dilemma comparing China and the U.S. in Kai-Fu Lee’s book AI Superpowers While the book is about AI, Lee is trying to undo American conceptions of Chinese innovation early on in the text. Yes, the country was once a copycat haven, but that has…
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DATA’S GROWING ROLE IN SCALABLE ECOMMERCE
“In the US, for example, ecommerce currently accounts for approximately 10% of all retail sales, a number that’s projected to swell to nearly 18% by 2021. Financial analysts predict the retail giant (Amazon) will control 50% of the US’ online retail sales by as early as 2021, In order to shift ecommerce from a product-centric…
eBay Wants You to Know It Uses Artificial Intelligence
“Chief Architect and Vice President of eBay AI and Platforms Sanjeev Katariya said AI is woven into all aspects of its platform and touches every experience within eBay. “We have over two decades of data and customer insights that we use to train our algorithms and make our AI smarter,” Katariya said. “Every time a…
How Wells Fargo Uses AI, Biometrics To Fight Money Laundering
“’The fact that [customers are] connected to the internet of things opens the door to the broader spectrum of payment activity. That allows us to do is to build deeper profiles, [which AI can use] to better predict if [a transaction] is something [the customer] would do,’ Monroe said. This influx of new data means…
Retail and Banking Lead in Global AI Spending, According to Report
“The retail category as a whole will spend $5.9 billion this year on tools like automated customer service agents and product recommendation generators, while the banking sector is set to put $5.6 billion toward more security-oriented AI uses like fraud prevention and threat intelligence, according to the report. Total spending from businesses on AI is…